Hydra

D hydra
Difficulty	32
Attacks	Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8

D hydra
Difficulty	32
Attacks	Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8, Bite 2d8
Base level	26
Base experience	unknown
Speed	9
Base AC	-4
Base MR	20
Alignment	7 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	Very rare
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	4500
Nutritional value	500
Size	Gigantic
Resistances	poison, stoning
Resistances conveyed	poison
A hydra: can fly. has no hands. has a thick hide. can see invisible creatures. is carnivorous. is normally generated hostile. is nasty. is strong. likes gold. likes gems. can pick up magical items. hits creatures as a +2 weapon.
Reference	SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2339

A hydra is a monster introduced in SLASH'EM, one of two non-dragons to use the D glyph, the other being the wyvern. True to its source mythos, it has a large number of bite attacks. It cannot, however, grow new heads when attacked with a sword.

Strategy

These should not pose a problem by the time one encounters them; they are somewhat slow, do only a moderate amount of damage, and have no particular special attacks. They do have a large amount of hit points and a decent AC, though, in addition to resisting stoning.

Mythos

A hydra is of course a monster from Greek mythology, a large, dragon-like beast that Hercules fought which would grow two new heads for every one chopped off. It may also be a reference to the same monster in Crawl, which also uses the D glyph. It is one of the more notable monsters in Crawl, as it does have the ability to regrow heads, and will do so whenever attacked with an edged weapon.

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